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Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

This guide outlines books, article databases and other sources to guide students and faculty researching a topic within the fields of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Historical Newspaper Collections

These newspaper collections are open to all users.  Many collections are the results of grant funded projects to preserve American History.

List by state

Alabama

Birmingham Iron Age
1874 to 1884.

California


California Digital Newspaper Collection
1849 to 1911

Colorado


Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection
Currently includes 147 newspapers published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923.

Florida


Florida Digital Newspaper Library
Dates vary by publication, range includes 1821 to 2006.

Georgia


Georgia Historic Newspapers
1750 to 1925

Illinois


Quincy Historical Newspaper Archive
Dates vary by publication, range includes 1835 to 1890.

Kentucky


Northern Kentucky Newspaper Index
Dates vary by publication, range includes 1841 to 1884.  Most of the older newspapers are full-text.  Some of the newer editions may only display the citation.

Minnesota


Winona Newspaper Project
Dates vary by publication, range includes 1860 to 1946.

Missouri


Historic Missouri Newspaper Project
Dates vary by publication, range includes 1857 to 1879.

Nevada


Las Vegas Age newspaper digital collection
From April 7, 1905-1915, 1917-1922, 1924.

New Jersey


Atlantic County Historic Newspapers
Dates vay by publication, range includes 1860 to 1923.  PDF quality varies from issue to issue.

New York


Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online
1841-1902

Freedom's Journal (first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States).
1827 to 1829.  Issues are available in chronological order with no index or searching capability.


Northern New York Historical Newspapers
Dates vary by publication, range includes 1811 to 2007

Suffolk Historic Newspapers
Dates vary by publication, range includes 1839 to 1923

Pennsylvania


Pennsylvanial Civil War Newspapers
Dates vary by publication, range includes 1831 to 1877.

Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project
Dates vary by publication, range includes 1895 to 1980.

South Carolina


New South Newspaper
1862-1866.

Utah


Utah Digital Newspapers
Dates vary by publication, range includes 1890 to 1959

Virginia


Richmond Daily Dispatch
1860 to 1865.
 

Virginia Gazette
1736 to 1780.

Washington


Historic Newspapers in Washington State
Dates vary by publication, ranges includes 1852 to 1892

Wisconsin


Wisconsin Local History and Biography Articles
Dates vary.  The majority of the articles are from 1860 to 1940.

Native American Newspapers
D’Arcy McNickle Library (MT)
The Digital Char-Koosta News Project is a collaborative effort of the D’Arcy McNickle Library at Salish Kootenai College, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library of the University of Montana.  Funding came from the Institute of Museums and Library Services.
Digitization of the publication covers the years 1956 to 1961, and 1971 to 1988.


Tundra Times (AK)
Native American Alaskan Newspaper 1962 to 1997

National Newspapers

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress)
Date range 1880-1910

Making of America: Cornell University Library

Making of America: University of Michigan

Online Books Page: Serials
A large selection of open access U.S and international periodicals.  Dates and topics vary.

State Digital Resources: Memory Projects, Online Encyclopedias, Historical & Cultural Materials Collections